1983 Boston College Eagles football team

1983 Boston College Eagles football
Liberty Bowl, L 18–19 vs. Notre Dame
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 19
Record9–3
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorSeymour "Red" Kelin (3rd season)
Captains
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Sullivan Stadium
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
1983 Major eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 16 West Virginia 4 1 0 9 3 0
Penn State 3 1 1 8 4 1
No. 18 Pittsburgh 2 1 1 8 3 1
No. 19 Boston College $ 3 2 0 9 3 0
Syracuse 3 3 0 6 5 0
Temple 2 4 0 4 7 0
Rutgers 0 5 0 3 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll
1983 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Miami (FL)       11 1 0
Virginia Tech       9 2 0
No. 19 Boston College       9 3 0
No. 16 West Virginia       9 3 0
No. 20 East Carolina       8 3 0
No. 18 Pittsburgh       8 3 1
Florida State       8 4 0
Penn State       8 4 1
Southern Miss       7 4 0
Memphis State       6 4 1
Notre Dame       7 5 0
Syracuse       6 5 0
South Carolina       5 6 0
Cincinnati     4 6 1
Southwestern Louisiana       4 6 0
Temple       4 7 0
Tulane       4 7 0
Louisville       3 8 0
Navy       3 8 0
Rutgers       3 8 0
Army       2 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Eagles were led by third-year head coach Jack Bicknell, and played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and Sullivan Stadium (later known as Foxboro Stadium) in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Junior quarterback Doug Flutie threw for over 2,700 yards and finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting, leading Boston College to their first ranked finish in 41 years. They met their rivals, Notre Dame, in the 1983 Liberty Bowl.

Boston College finished the season ranked No. 19 in the final AP Poll, and captured the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy (emblematic of the 'Eastern championship' in Division I FBS).